incom'pletion
World English Dictionary
incomplete (ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not complete or finished |
| 2. | not completely developed; imperfect |
| 3. | logic |
| a. (of a formal theory) not so constructed that the addition of a non-theorem to the axioms renders it inconsistent | |
| b. (of an expression) not having a reference of its own but requiring completion by another expression | |
| incom'pletely | |
| —adv | |
| incom'pleteness | |
| —n | |
| incom'pletion | |
| —n | |
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Incom'pletion
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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